Estland Regierung Profil 2008

Hauptstadt

Name: Tallinn
geographische Koordinaten: 59 26 N, 24 43 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

Unabhängigkeit

20 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Nationalfeiertag

Unabhängigkeit, 24 Februar (1918); note - 24 Februar 1918 was the date Estonia declared its independence from Soviet Russia; 20 August 1991 was the date it declared its independence from the Soviet Union

Konstitution

adopted 28 Juni 1992

Wahlrecht

18 Jahre; universal for all Estonian citizens

Exekutive

Staatsoberhaupt: Staatspräsident Toomas Hendrik ILVES (seit dem 9 October 2006)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister Andrus ANSIP (seit dem 12 April 2005)
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the prime minister, approved by Parliament
elections: president elected by Parliament for a five-year term (eligible for a second term); if a candidate does not secure two-thirds of the votes after three rounds of balloting in the Parliament, then an electoral assembly (made up of Parliament plus members of local governments) elects the president, choosing between the two candidates with the largest percentage of votes; election last held 23 September 2006 (next to be held in the fall of 2011); prime minister nominated by the president and approved by Parliament
election results: Toomas Hendrik ILVES elected president on 23 September 2006 by a 345-member electoral assembly; ILVES received 174 votes to incumbent Arnold RUUTEL's 162; remaining 9 ballots left blank or invalid